I've no plans to move to London...yet! Scottish Tory chief Ruth Davidson refuses to rule out bid to take over from Theresa May as the stop Boris candidate after party grandees warn the PM MUST go before next election

The Conservatives are holding their annual conference in Manchester this week

Theresa May face fresh speculation about her leadership after election debacle

Boris Johnson accused of maneuvering to take over after series of interventions

But Tories are looking for alternative with Ruth Davidson the favourite of many

Ruth Davidson today refused to rule out taking over from Theresa May today amid speculation she is being lined up as a 'Stop Boris' candidate.

The Scottish Tory leader insisted she was 'not standing' for the leadership - but stopped short of saying she never wanted the top job.

And in her speech to the Tory faithful at the conference, Ms Davidson said she has no plans to move to London but did not explicitly rule it out.

She issued a rallying cry for the Tory Party to put aside divisions and united behind Theresa May as their Prime Minister.

The comments came as Tory grandees warned that Mrs May must not still be in charge when the next general election comes.

Boris Johnson is facing the wrath of Tory backbenchers after his latest intervention on Brexit threatened to throw the government into fresh chaos.

Ruth Davidson, pictured addressing the Tory Party conference today, refused to rule out taking over from Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party

The Scottish Tory leader received a standing ovation as she arrived to address the party faithful today, and another one when she wrapped her speech up. She told the party she has no current plans to move to London - but did not explicitly rule a move to Westminster out

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MPs openly told the Foreign Secretary to 'grow up or go' after he drew a series of red lines for negotiations with the EU.

Mr Johnson has been criticised for maneuvering to take over from Mrs May in the wake of her disastrous election - which saw the Tories stripped of their overall majority.

He is reported to have told friend that Mrs May cannot survive in No10 for more than another year.

RUTH DAVIDSON GETS STANDING OVATION AS SHE LAYS OUT HER TORY VISION

Ruth Davidson delighted the Tory Party faithful with her vision for the Conservatives as she urged them to unite and take the fight to Jeremy Corbyn

Ruth Davidson received two standing ovations from the Tory faithful as she spelled out her modernising vision for the party's future.

The Scottish Tory leader - tipped as a possible successor to Theresa May - said the party must do more to reach out to voters across the UK.

She said the UK is far too London-centric and more must be done to spread development.

And she called for the Tories to unite behind the Prime Minister and take the fight to Jeremy Corbyn.

Tearing into the Labour leader, she said politics is not about who is the 'absolute boy' but who can deliver.

Her speech delighted the party faithful in the conference hall, who erupted into applause.

Spelling out her party vision, she said: 'A party that reaches out to every corner of our country with a level head, but also an open heart.

'And with a clear set of values.

That strong families are the foundation of a stable society.

'A good education is the key to a lifetime of opportunity.

'That everybody should have a safe and secure home.

'That there should be a job for everyone who wants to work – and that pay should be fair.'

And she blasted the Labour leader, saying it takes far more than a theme tune to be a PM.

She said: 'I have watched. With incredulity, the response to the Labour party conference this week.

'Commentators, who should know better, declaring Jeremy Corbyn as a shoo-in to number 10, just because Glastonbury chanted his name to the White Stripes.'

She said she saw a similar cult of personality spring up around Nicola Sturgeon, but that has come crashing down.

Ms Davidson said: 'I have watched as Nicola Sturgeon sold out rock venues. As she released a line of signature clothing.

'As she sold foam fingers to the faithful so they could point at the sky as she flew in a helicopter she’d slapped her face on, over their heads....

'Politics is not for faint hearts. It’s not about what’s in fashion or who is the absolute boy.

'It’s about making the case for what you believe in.

'It’s about service and duty and getting the job done. Delivering for others. And giving everyone the chance to get on.'

But in a sign of the PM's weakness, Mrs May dodged questions this morning about whether he was 'unsackable'.

Ms Davidson was asked at a fringe event today if she would rule out ever running for the Tory leadership and if Mrs May should sack Mr Johnson.

‘I am not standing to be the leader of the party. This session is about our new MPs who have just got themselves into the House of Commons,' she said.

‘I don’t sit in the House of Commons – let’s get back to why we are here to talk about the real issues and not the Tory psychodrama.’

And speaking to party members in the conference hall this afternoon, Ms Davidson received two standing ovations as she set out her vision for the Tories.

In an apparent swipe at the Foreign Secretary, she said the Tories must unite behind the Prime Minister.

And she said the Tories much reach out to voters and tackle injustice and being the party of opportunity.

She said: 'In Government, across the United Kingdom, united behind our Prime Minister, determined to face the challenges of the future.

'To tackle injustice...and for real social cohesion.'

Ms Davidson said the Conservative must show they have a clear set of values, and spelled out what she thinks these should be.

She said: 'That strong families are the foundation of a stable society, a good education is the key to a lifetime of opportunity, that everybody should have a safe and secure home, that there should be a job for everyone who wants to work – and that pay should be fair.

'These are the things I believe in – and I know you believe in them too.

'So it’s time for us - all of us - to unite and fight.'

Ms Davidson has overseen a surge in support for the Tories north of the border, but would need to find a Westminster seat if she wanted to lead the national party.

Edwina Currie intervened to praise the panel of young Scottish MPs including Paul Masterson and Kirstene Hair.

Ms Currie said: 'Listening to you is hugely impressive. You don't waffle.

'You're aiming to take over the government in Scotland... Could you please take over Conservative Central Office.'

Scottish Secretary David Mundell told the same fringe neither he or other Scots Tories would answer a hypothetical question about Mr Johnson as a future Tory leader.

But he added: 'I do recall Boris Johnson once stood for rector of Edinburgh University. You can look at the result of that.'

Mr Johnson came third in the contest in 2006.

In a strongly-worded attack on the Foreign Secretary today, former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine renewed his call for Mr Johnson to be sacked.

He said the position was 'unsustainable' after two recent interventions by Mr Johnson setting out his personal approach to the Brexit talks.

Lord Heseltine, a staunch Remainer cause, hinted that although Brexit was 'likely to happen', there was still a chance it could be halted.

Boris Johnson, pictured leaving his London home today, is facing the wrath of Tory backbenchers after his latest intervention on Brexit threatened to throw the government into fresh chaos

Former Cabinet minister Edwina Currie urged the Scottish Tories, led by Ruth Davidson, to take over at CCHQ

In an interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr show today, Mrs May said she was sorry Tory MPs had lost their seats at the election but insisted she had 'listened' to the verdict of voters

He said the Tory conference in Manchester would be a 'fully dressed but totally revealing political beauty contest' with leadership rivals positioning themselves to replace Theresa May.

'That is the worst sort of background for a government that ought to be concentrating, first of all, on its programme for government, and secondly on the vision as to where it should go,' he told Sky News' Sunday with Niall Paterson.

On Mr Johnson, Lord Heseltine said 'we all know what he's up to' but said his views on Brexit were 'quite unacceptable'.

He said Mr Johnson was appealing to 'elderly' voters, many of them in the Conservative Party, and 'those elements of their personal conviction that he thinks are most likely to trigger support for him'.

'I understand those arguments but they are phony, they are duplicitous,' he said.

'Look at Bombardier, what's going on there - that's the real world of international trade, as anybody who has spent any time in the export market fully understands.

'Talking about a world hungry for new British exporters to suddenly come over the horizon is just talking about something that doesn't exist.'

The peer said 'the whole thing is unsustainable - you cannot have a government in which members of the Cabinet are voicing opinions which are not consistent, one with the other'.

He said it would ultimately be the Tory parliamentary party that decided whether Mrs May should go.

Lord Heseltine dismissed talk of Mrs May leading the Tories into the next general election.

He told BBC1's Sunday Politics: 'I don't think there is any prospect of that.'